Anyone have a clue as to why Big Ben flashes the "Longhorns Sign" when he throws a TD pass as pasrt of his celebration?

RoethlisBURGHer

12-27-2009, 11:01 PM

It's only the Longhorns Sign to fans of the Texas Longhorns. It might have a different meaning to some players on the Steelers. There are a couple Longhorns on the team.

Psyychoward86

12-27-2009, 11:32 PM

That sign has a thousand different names and a thousand different meanings. It has nothing to do with the longhorns obviously, he's just throwin' that baby up to say "rock on!" :tt:

iloveben7

12-27-2009, 11:43 PM

I know Ben points to the sky after a TD to honor his mom who died

Neil-Still-Rules-14

12-27-2009, 11:48 PM

I think he's putting up a number one. Just he's one of those people whose pinky sticks out.

touchdownward

12-28-2009, 12:05 AM

That sign has a thousand different names and a thousand different meanings. It has nothing to do with the longhorns obviously, he's just throwin' that baby up to say "rock on!" :tt:
True. To the deaf community that is the sign for "rock on".

Galax Steeler

12-28-2009, 08:23 AM

I don't care what sign he puts up as long as he makes plays. I guess everyone has some kind of celebration when they make plays. That would be Bens even though I am not sure what he means by it.

Dodt

12-28-2009, 08:30 AM

isn't like the red hawks have a finger thing.

kittenfantastico76

12-28-2009, 08:36 AM

I figured it was the "rock on" hand gesture as well. I tend to do that whenever I'm excited about something that "rocks" and well... a TD does indeed rock.

I think that's sweet that he honors his mother like that. I love that many of the NFL and college players do when they do well on the field. Not just to fallen loved ones but God as well. It's touching.

SteveS

12-28-2009, 08:39 AM

To those that don't know, that hand gesture was invented by the great Ronnie James Dio (of Dio and Black Sabbath) way back in the day. The meaning of it turned out to represent the devil's horns, in sort of a fun and rebellious way for teen heavy metal fans all over the world. The mainstream public seems to like to call it the "rock on" sign, which is probably what Ben means by it.

However, if you are a metalhead (which I am), the true term for it is the devil horns.

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polamalu82

12-28-2009, 09:09 AM

To those that don't know, that hand gesture was invented by the great Ronnie James Dio (of Dio and Black Sabbath) way back in the day. The meaning of it turned out to represent the devil's horns, in sort of a fun and rebellious way for teen heavy metal fans all over the world. The mainstream public seems to like to call it the "rock on" sign, which is probably what Ben means by it.

However, if you are a metalhead (which I am), the true term for it is the devil horns.

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Actually, Dio stole the sign from his grandmother. His grandmother used the sign as the "devil".

I think Ben used it to show that he sold his soul to start winning games again. He was just thanking his new master.:chuckle:

SteveS

12-28-2009, 09:24 AM

Yes, I did know that about his grandmother. I left that out, because I figured it made no difference to my little explaination to getting the point across.

Actually his grandmother used the gesture as what Dio refers to as the "evil eye" and would point it at him when she was angry. So the meaning kind of morphed.

kittenfantastico76

12-28-2009, 09:24 AM

To those that don't know, that hand gesture was invented by the great Ronnie James Dio (of Dio and Black Sabbath) way back in the day. The meaning of it turned out to represent the devil's horns, in sort of a fun and rebellious way for teen heavy metal fans all over the world. The mainstream public seems to like to call it the "rock on" sign, which is probably what Ben means by it.

However, if you are a metalhead (which I am), the true term for it is the devil horns.

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I was going to go into all of this - well done! (I love me some Dio - technically he said his grandmother started - annnnnd after type this I see everyone else said that too). Of course you know Gene Simmons will argue to the end that HE invented this *wink*

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Vincent

12-28-2009, 09:31 AM

However, if you are a metalhead (which I am), the true term for it is the devil horns.